On January 24, 1965, Winston Churchill died. The next day, Leo Strauss, a Jewish scholar of political philosophy who fled the rise of the Nazi regime, spontaneously eulogized the late British prime minister to his students at the University of Chicago. The difference between Churchill’s statesmanship and Adolf Hitler’s tyranny, according to Strauss, had become...
Who run the world: Scripture or tradition? It’s a question church leaders and laymen still ask 500 years after Martin Luther’s posting of the 95 Theses, a watershed moment that led to the Reformation and the claim that Scripture alone, and not the authority of popes and church fathers, defines faith. The question of Scripture’s...
I miss the old U2, the rock ‘n’ roll U2, chop up the soul U2, set on their goals U2. My thoughts turned to Kanye West’s “I Love Kanye” as Bono switched into autotune halfway through “Love Is All We Have Left,” the opening track on the band’s newest album. But, fortunately, this was one...
The voices of 150 of the college’s finest vocalists will fill the sanctuary of College Baptist Church at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 9, as they serenade the audience with songs of the season. Director of Orchestras and Choirs James Holleman will conduct the Hillsdale College Choir and Chamber Choir as they sing a combination...
When I started rationing my protein bars the week before Thanksgiving, I knew I needed a trip home. I fantasized about my mother’s cooking as I gnawed on the last of my cement-like energy bars and scarfed down quick dinners of scrambled eggs. Surely my family’s fridge would bulge with Kroger’s top selection of apples,...